{"product_id":"the-whale-song-translation","title":"The Whale Song Translation","description":"\"What's wrong?\" said Andrew. \"You look like you've seen a ghost.\"\nSeema raised an arm in slow motion, like a mime, and pointed at the monitor. As the whale squealed through the speakers, the Speakeasy translated its vocalizations into familiar shapes, embedded in a very unfamiliar setting.\n\"If you're seeing what I'm seeing,\" Andrew gulped, \"please tell me I'm not crazy.\"\n\nIn the spirit of War of the Whales, Carl Sagan's Contact, and Stephen Spielberg's Close Encounters, speech scientist Howard Steven Pines' science and fiction marine mammal protectionist thriller takes whale language research to a whole new realm: the excitement of first contact and the recognition of the intelligence, dignity, and wisdom of another earthly species.\n\nWhen the Navy's controversial sonar experiments begin to destroy Maui's whales, an unlikely hero holds the key to their preservation. Inspired by his mentor's paradigm-busting challenge to open a communications channel with other big-brained species, acoustics professor David Dmitri begins analyzing the songs of humpback whales. The quest to decode their mysterious language leads him to an astonishing revelation. With more proof, Dmitri realizes he could rally public opinion and stanch the bloodshed. But as his team prepares to launch a voyage of discovery in the Straits of Lahaina, others are determined to stop him--whatever the consequences.\n\nBuilt on fascinating, cutting-edge science, Part I of The Torch of Prometheus trilogy delivers thought-provoking \"breakthroughs\" about language and intelligence in the realm of earth's other big-brained beings, and explores the intertwined existential crises of humans and whales.\n\nThe Whale Song Translation . . . A visionary tale of marine mammal protectionism . . . A voyage of discovery, to Neptune and beyond.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0989479706\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.0989479706.VG\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Pines, Howard Steven\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Book has little sign of wear or use  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43410967232573,"sku":"BVV.0989479706.VG","price":13.82,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/the-whale-song-translation","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}